Remarks by
Ambassador Cui Tiankai at the Reception Celebrating the 67th Anniversary of the
People’s Republic of China

驻美国大使崔天凯在庆祝中华人民共和国成立67周年招待会上的致辞

The
Honorable Kristie Kenny, Counselor of the State Department,

The
Honorable Members of the Congress,

Distinguished
Guests,

Ladies
and Gentlemen,

尊敬的肯尼参事，

尊敬的国会议员们，

各位来宾，

女士们、先生们：

Good evening!

Welcome to the Chinese Embassy!
Thank you for joining us in celebrating the 67th anniversary of the founding of
the People’s Republic of China.

欢迎大家来到中国驻美国大使馆出席今天的招待会，与我们欢聚一堂，共同庆祝中华人民共和国成立67周年。

This is an annual occasion to
reflect on the past and look into the future of our country.

在这欢庆的日子，我们回顾过去，展望未来。

Thanks to the hard work of the
Chinese people and government over the past 67 years, China has grown from extreme
poverty to the world’s second largest economy with USD 10 trillion of GDP. In
the coming years, we will make our best efforts to deliver the 13th Five-Year Plan. By then, we will
turn into reality our vision for innovative, coordinated, green, open, and
inclusive development. And we will realize the first of our two centenary goals
of building a moderately prosperous society in all aspects by the time of the
100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China.

As demonstrated in the past
decades, China’s success will not only improve the livelihood of the Chinese
people, but also generate great opportunities for the world.

实践证明，中国的成功不仅改善了中国人民的生活，也给世界带来更多机遇。

We recognize that in this global
village, along with our growing national strength comes greater responsibility.
Therefore, China is taking more responsibilities, making more contributions,
and providing more public goods to the international community.

我们深知，在地球村这个大家庭中，责任伴随着一个国家的成长而来。中国愿在国际社会中承担更多责任，作出更多贡献，提供更多公共产品。

Earlier this month at the G20
Summit in Hangzhou chaired by President Xi Jinping, China, together with other
G20 members, sketched a new path toward an “Innovative, Invigorated,
Interconnected, and Inclusive World Economy”. The Hangzhou Consensus reaffirmed the commitment of the world’s major
economies to the path of innovation, reform, win-win cooperation, and common
development. To a great extent, the Hangzhou Summit kicked off the critical
policy shift by G20 and its members – from addressing short-term issues to mid-
and long-term ones. It also initiated the evolution of G20 – from mainly a
crisis response arrangement to a long-term mechanism of effective governance.

Last week, Premier Li Keqiang
chaired the Symposium on the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development at the United Nations, and released China’s National Plan to that end. He
also announced in New York that China would provide more humanitarian
assistance to address the global refugee issue. This will not only help realize
the vision of the international community for sustainable development by 2030,
but will also help maintain peace and stability across the globe.

As President Xi Jinping stated on
many occasions, we will always adhere to the path of peaceful development. We
will always endeavor to build and safeguard world peace. We will always work
with other countries for a new model of international relations based on
win-win cooperation and aimed at common development. And we will always promote
exchanges and empathy among nations in order to build the community of common
destiny for mankind.

This is also a right time to
reflect on the recent development of China-U.S. relations. Leaders of the two countries
have invested a great deal in expanding mutual understanding and cooperation.
President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama met twice this year. They
ensured that we remain on the right track of building a new model of
major-country relationship. Last week, Premier Li Keqiang had a meeting with
President Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. They compared
notes on a number of issues, and reached important consensus. While benefiting
from the vision and insights from the top leadership, we are also making full
use of our bilateral dialogue mechanisms to expand practical cooperation,
manage difficult issues, and strive to turn some of our differences into
rallying points.

The role of business cooperation as
a catalyst for China-U.S. relations remains strong today. Chinese and U.S.
companies are steadily taking their cooperation into new frontiers and to
higher levels. A typical example is the growing volume of two-way investment,
which has made it ever more imperative for the two countries to conclude a
bilateral investment treaty (BIT) at an earlier date as instructed by the two
Presidents. TheBIT will further
facilitate investment flows across the Pacific, and create more jobs in both
countries. It will also help bolster the still fragile recovery of the world
economy.

Mil-to-mil relations and
people-to-people exchanges are making headways as well. For example, Chinese
naval fleet joined RIMPAC again in Hawaii this year. As programs of the China-U.S.
Year of Tourism continue to unfold, the two countries are on the way to having
a new record of five million two-way visits by the end of the year, which will
further consolidate the popular support for China-U.S. relations.

Another highlight of China-U.S.
cooperation is in tackling international and regional issues as well as global
challenges. The two countries have been working together on non-proliferation
issues, humanitarian crises, UN peacekeeping missions, development assistance,
and public health issues. China and the U.S. were also among the first to
approve the Paris Agreement on
climate change.

The list is almost inexhaustible.
What matters more is that China-U.S. relations has become all-encompassing, and
China-U.S. cooperation more critical in addressing the challenges in the 21st
century.

中美关系的丰硕成果不胜枚举。当今世界正发生深刻复杂的变化，中美合作是应对21世纪挑战的关键。

Ladies and Gentleman,

女士们，先生们，

The world today is undergoing
profound changes. We owe to our future generations an open, integrated and
interdependent community of countries. Sound development of China-U.S.
relations in the U.S. election year and its smooth transition into the new
administration next January serves the interest of not only both countries, but
also the whole world. We are willing to work with the U.S. side, as guided by
our leaders, to strengthen communications, enhance mutual trust, expand
cooperation, and manage differences constructively, so that together with the
entire international community we can stand up to the challenges of our times.